John B

I am not sure about Burley his team always try to play good football. The only problem I had with him was that he brought in a lot of highly paid players who did not perform as well as their price indicated.

I think he is just injury prone

Another three wickets today for Tahir I think we should give a contract for the whole season for the whole season in the Championship With Tremlett unlikely to play for England next season I do not see the need for an overseas fast bowler although Bond did well when he was not injured

Dont you mean Judas

Yes I saw that game too it was one of Keegan's first games was it not we won easily at home and got slaughtered at Vicarage Road

Unfortunately a loss of some kind

Raccine is injured but JP said he was not ready

What about Kyle Davies?

Of course you are right about Lallana - Last Years side was the worst in living memory . After Schneiderlin's performance last week no. Branfoot's team had some good players but played a crap system and it was in the First Division. We are now in the Second Division and no player appears to be really good at the moment but of course this will hopefully change in the next few years

Tony Godfrey could not catch he was for ever punching the ball from what I remember. Yes I agree with your other comment but not on a regular basis

Yes I remember him saying that when Cork Arrived. He said we needed cover at CB Because Lancashire was not match fit but we also had Wooton and Schneiderlin for emergencies. However if Alpine is really saying we have a poor squad in comparison to years gone by I totally agree but there is nothing we can do about at the present time.

Yes so what I would say 45 years . I do not see any of our players which we currently have except for Davis getting in to any of the teams I have watched since 1962 on a regular basis Davis is better than Tony Godfrey I would have thought. However some of the youngsters could develop into fine footballers We are where we are you cannot do anything about it

Yes I saw that too As a matter of interest does Davis's contract end in the summer if so Bart or Tommy will probably replace him

I dont think you are really right . Some people just see the worse scenario at every possible occassion.

Knee jerk very funny

Yes I think the squad for the game will be as your side plus John Bart and Dyer/Skacel with one of Thomas / Lancashire not involved

The original post on this thread was in my opinion over dramatic. Clubs always have injury problems and the players who come in for the injured players may not be as good as the injured players. So we have Cork as a substitute for Svennson so what is the problem. W have Thomas ( who may have a slight injury at the moment ) and Lancashire as further back up. SFC cannot aquire another two centre halves just in case there maybe further injuries because of the cost and the practicality of keeping them match fit

According to the Chelsea Site 6 foot http://www.chelseafc.com/page/ThePlayers/0,,10268~37736,00.html Svensson is 6 foot 2 Perry 5 foot 9 Andrew Davies 6 foot 3

Could be a good thing playing Cork instead of Svennson who was poor against Blackpool. I would not be so happy if Davis was injured he has played very well this season

If the youngsters are in the opinion of Jan better than the seasoned pros then they should be played as they have the potential to improve. Having only seen one game ie the Blackpool one I thought Svennson White Gillett and Schederlin Poor James Dyerand Surman OK Perry Lallana McGoldrick Holmes (first half) Wotton John Good in that match. I believe that Svennson Gillett and Schederlin have played well in other matches I dont think we should change the team because of one poor game after all most players had played three games in Eight days. However I expect Skacel Euell John and Wotton to be fully involved in the First Team unless they are loaned out

Yes You are probably right it could be classed as grovelleling but I thought afterwards it was a bit over the top It cannot be very nice getting lots of abuse and when I asked the question I had read the Echo comments page which contained too much abuse. I am certain he invested in SFC for the best of reasons not for financial gain like Lowe

I think it is more complicated than that running a football . Letting Burley bring in his choices was a disaster and to some extent the same thing happened at West Ham http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/7597876.stm

Sorry I meant to reply who cares to the original poster. These hypothetical scenarios which are usually of the negative variety seem to me to be a waste of time However this article from the BBC seems to have West Ham modelling them selves on SFC http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/7597876.stm

Who cares

Well I think it is a stupid thread. JP is here for sometime